Haplocyonoides
Extinct genus of carnivores
| Haplocyonoides Temporal range: 20–16.9 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Carnivora |
| Family: | †Amphicyonidae |
| Genus: | †Haplocyonoides Hürzeler (1940) |
| Species | |
| |
Haplocyonoides is an extinct genus of terrestrial carnivores belonging to the suborder Caniformia, family Amphicyonidae ("bear dog"), and which inhabited Europe from the Early Miocene subepoch (20 Mya)—(16.9 Mya). Haplocyonoides existed for approximately 3.1 million years.[1]
Haplocyonoides was named by Hürzeler (1940) and was assigned to Amphicyonidae by Carroll (1988).
Fossil distribution
One site in Les Beilleaux, France.
Sources
- ^ "Paleobiology Database: Haplocyonoides, age range and collections". Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
- v
- t
- e
Genera of amphicyonids
|  | |||||||||||||||||
 | This article related to prehistoric animals from order Carnivora is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e
